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I know that. I live above 55N so I experience NAUTICAL twilight all night in the summer.
You do not have long summer nights compared to me. When I watch the BBC News from London in the summer it is dark by 9 and we still have the sun up for another 90 minutes. Edinburgh in the east of Scotland is as far west as the western cities of Carlisle and Cardiff. |
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#253 |
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Not dark at home.
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Darkness sweeping over the British Isles just now
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London is one of the most eastern places in the UK (much more so than Edinburgh) so that partly explains why they get dark so early in midsummer. But also in midsummer the sun is up a bit earlier in the morning than Edinburgh though quite a bit less than 90 minutes earlier.
Edinburgh in the east of Scotland is as far west as the western cities of Carlisle and Cardiff. When I lived in Northern Ireland I was not in support of having UK on CET timezone but I think it would be good if England was moved to CET, they need it!!! |
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Yeah but it still doesn't change the fact that South Eastern England has appalling sunset times in the summer.
When I lived in Northern Ireland I was not in support of having UK on CET timezone but I think it would be good if England was moved to CET, they need it!!! |
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I don't know but i'm pretty sure nowhere in England has good a daylength in June as Ireland & Scotland. You definitely couldn't go out for a walk and come back at 11 here.
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I normally let mine spring forward
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Oops, good catch. I forget because most of my timepieces deal with that for me.
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Sun has more or less set now. I don't know why it sets early, sunset time is 5:12pm here and we are at sea level so there are no obstructions in the way.
Anyway, sunset not for another while at home. Sister says it gets dark at 6pm there now. Suppose it will be getting dark 7pm when i'm back in 3 weeks time which is quite a change from here where it is now getting dark at 5:30! Either way it seems like we have to wait for an eternity for days to get longer lately, you would it would be bright to 6 by now, it's almost March!!! |
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There are no webcams in County Londonderry so here is the current situation in Belfast where it will get darker about 10 minutes before home.
https://trafficwatchni.com/cameras |
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Yeah but it still doesn't change the fact that South Eastern England has appalling sunset times in the summer.
When I lived in Northern Ireland I was not in support of having UK on CET timezone but I think it would be good if England was moved to CET, they need it!!! |
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#263 |
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WOW look at the difference! That's quite noticeable! England has terrible sun hours!
(and yes the photo is blurry as my phone is broke) England http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/...smbanpfvi.jpeg Northern Ireland http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2ey8ooqx.png |
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It is perfectly late enough for me. I feel really sorry for people over in the west who have to put up with daylight so late in the summer.
Sometimes when the weather is warm we will also go to the beach at 9 and just stay there for two hours. |
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Can't wait for the 'Is it going really light where you are ALREADY?' thread. please please please.
Or i'm gonna burst. |
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I couldn't cope with a 9pm sunset. I like to go out walking after 10.
Sometimes when the weather is warm we will also go to the beach at 9 and just stay there for two hours. |
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Well mines is something like 10:20pm.
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In my neck of the woods tonight was
sunset 1722, Civil dusk1757, Nautical dusk 1837, Astronomical dusk 1917, Night lasts til Astronomical dawn 0520 nautical dawn 0600 civil dawn 0640 sunrise 0715 And day length in my neck of the woods is getting longer by nearly 4 mins a day On the subject of night. It explains why when you are on holiday in spain or greece. it gets dark quicker |
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In my neck of the woods tonight was
sunset 1722, Civil dusk1757, Nautical dusk 1837, Astronomical dusk 1917, Night lasts til Astronomical dawn 0520 nautical dawn 0600 civil dawn 0640 sunrise 0715 And day length in my neck of the woods is getting longer by nearly 4 mins a day On the subject of night. It explains why when you are on holiday in spain or greece. it gets dark quicker Found the same with south florida except there was stuff to do there like shopping, eating etc. |
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We spent 3 weeks in South of Sapin and found it really hard to cope with very short days. Had to get out of swimming pool by 7pm and then ended up spending the evening housebound as it was dark by 8.
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It's bright till 10? REALLY?
We went in June at the solstice and the sunset was at 8:20 at the latest. That was in Murcia on GMT +2, their natural timezone is GMT so if they did not have double DST their sunset would be 6:20pm! A full three hours before here! |
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#272 |
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I know that. I live above 55N so I experience NAUTICAL twilight all night in the summer.
You do not have long summer nights compared to me. When I watch the BBC News from London in the summer it is dark by 9 and we still have the sun up for another 90 minutes. |
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#273 |
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Sunset in Murcia on 21st June is 21.31 CEST
Sunset in Murcia today is 18.47 CET |
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#274 |
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London isn't dark by 9pm in the summer. Watch a big brother summer series, the 9pm eviction show is broadcast in most broad daylight.
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#275 |
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London isn't dark by 9pm in the summer. Watch a big brother summer series, the 9pm eviction show is broadcast in mostly broad daylight.
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